RSVP for the 2025 F.A. Gilfillan Memorial Award Lecture, presented by Bert & Emelyn Christensen Professor Xiulei "David" Ji. The lecture will be held in-person at the LaSells Stewart Center on Thursday, Jan. 15.

In his talk titled "A chemist's journey: Unlocking new battery chemistries for a sustainable future," Ji will showcase his pioneering work developing safer, lower-cost and higher-energy batteries by harnessing unconventional ions and anionic redox chemistry. He will also share his journey from a small town in Northeast China to leading breakthroughs on a global stage.

A globally recognized leader in energy storage, Ji is a highly cited researcher with more than 43,000 citations and publications in top journals such as Nature Energy and Nature Materials. His work showing that abundant iron can replace scarce cobalt and nickel in lithium-ion batteries has reshaped the field and positioned OSU as a leader in sustainable energy innovation. 

The F.A. Gilfillan Memorial Award honors faculty members in the College of Science whose leadership and scientific accomplishments have extended over a substantial period of time, especially faculty whose research careers have had a significant impact on their field. 

RSVP here.